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The Claremont Homeless Advocacy Program (CHAP), a local organization that works to eradicate homelessness in Claremont, has been named the 2016 recipient of the Claremont Colleges’ Community Partner of the Year.
The Claremont Colleges have presented the Community Partner of the Year Award for more than a decade to a local person, agency, organization or business that has positively impacted the community.

A pro-and-con presentation on the merits of Measure G, the Claremont Unified School District bond issue, will be offered at the next meeting of Active Claremont on Thursday, October 20 at 7 p.m. in the Padua Room of the Hughes Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.
Claremont residents Richard Fass will offer remarks in support of Measure G, and Jay Pocock will represent those in opposition to the bond measure. A question-and-answer period will follow. The public is invited to attend.
For information, contact (909) 373-7907.

It was a big day and night for Josh Witt. After getting elected as Claremont High School Homecoming King last Friday before the school parade, Josh played his new role to perfection as friends and family congratulated him during the festivities at the evening football game. Here he gets one of many photos snapped, this one with senior Sierra Lajan. Later that evening Danielle Pichay was crowned homecoming queen. To top off the night, the Pack won easily over visiting Bonita 47-31. Be sure to check out our cool video of the halftime show. COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger

In what had to be deja vu for many people in the audience, Neil Young performed at the Fox Theater in Pomona on Wednesday night. It was clear from the beginning, this concert was going to be a jam session with his band mates. Mr. Young played songs old and new to a packed, standing room only crowd. The popular musician and icon, Mr. Young's performance was the opposite of the highly choreographed shows of today's top artists. But he played to the audience's delight with his unique style, voice and guitar riffs made popular years ago. His next performance will be at the Shoreline Amphitheater, in Mountain View, California. COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger

Pomona Reads, a fledgling but dynamic book, literacy and publishing fair, takes place from noon to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Pomona Civic Center. Community organizations, vendors, publishers and authors will be on hand at the expanded, kid-friendly second annual show, which is entirely free. The event has been expanded this year with increased representation of children’s and young adult writing, as well as discussions and author talks.

There’s an old saying in the entertainment business: “The show must go on.” The show might not go on, however, for Pitzer College’s 15th annual Reggae Fest.
The festival, which welcomes community members of all ages as well as local college students, was set for mid-November. On September 21, however, the Pitzer College Student Senate froze funding for the free two-day event.

Legalized marijuana is all but inevitable in California, and Claremont is preparing for it.
The city council voted unanimously to pass an urgency ordinance amending an existing section of the Claremont Municipal Code to prohibit commercial sale and delivery of marijuana within Claremont—effectively putting the kibosh on dispensaries opening within the city.

The city mistakenly took down an art installation on privately-owned Village trees, and now it’s trying to knit the situation back together.
The “yarn bomb” installation, in which a tree is given a colorful and eye-catching knitted coat, is the brainchild of Studio C owner Elizabeth Carr and Phebie’s NeedleArt. The two Claremont businesses worked in tandem to put up the display in time for Village Venture.

This year’s 34th annual Claremont Heritage home tour featured homes in the Via Zurita neighborhood near Claremont High School. The home tour was held on Sunday, October 9, and featured five unique homes with docent-lead tours. The Clokey/Lowe house was designed by architect Peter Ficker and built by local master-builder Clarence Stover in 1928 for Pomona College music professor Joseph Clokey and his wife. Professor Clokey was widely known as a popular composer of church music, but today is better known as the father of Art Clokey, the creator of Gumby. See our video tour as Gary and Donna Lowe prepare for the event and kickoff party. COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger

Pilgrim Place will host Senator Connie Leyva, chair of the Senate Majority Caucus, on Wednesday, October 12 from 10:30 to noon in Pilgrim Place’s Decker Hall, 665 Avery Rd., Claremont.
The event—the World Affairs Forum—will present a discussion of current state and local civic issues, especially those on the November ballot.

Officers from the Claremont?Police Department will offer a “Violence in the Workplace” presentation next week to help local business owners prevent and properly react to violence at work.
The free event, which includes a question-and-answer-session, is scheduled for Tuesday, October 18 from 11 a.m. to noon at the DoubleTree Hotel, 555 W. Foothill Blvd.

A small but engaged group of people gathered at the Richard S. Kirkendall Education Center Wednesday evening to discuss CUSD’s move to solar power.
With every construction project, however beneficial, comes some disruption, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Lisa Shoemaker allowed. Claremont High School, the site of the largest solar project in the district, is already feeling the effects.

The Colleges’ plan to turn a former quarry at the county border into a sports complex is moving forward to the city council.
The Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend the Claremont University Consortium’s (CUC) plan—which includes the environmental impact report (EIR), conceptual site plan, tentative parcel map and 30-year development agreement.

On Saturday, October 1 an Upland man was arrested after lighting and throwing a Molotov cocktail in full view of a nearby police officer. The officer was driving behind a black Volkswagen Jetta near the intersection of Oak Park Drive and Augustine Avenue when someone in the front passenger seat chucked the Molotov cocktail.